Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Chinese researchers announced Saturday they had successfully developed the vaccine for the H7N9 bird flu virus, after the flu strain had left more than 130 people infected, with 45 fatalities reported. Shu Yuelong, director of the Chinese National Influenza Center, said this is the first influenza vaccine ever developed by …
The result of examination of the presence of Canine Distemper Virus (CDR) or Pestes Des Petitis Ruminants Virus (PPVR) in Asiatic lion has brought in relief for forest officials. The results have revealed that there is no presence of CDV and PPVR in Asiatic lions. The study was taken up …
Despite a relatively successful vaccination campaign undertaken by the Animal Disease Control Project of the government, foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks have been reported from different parts of the district, including the City Corporation limits, in the past two months. Veterinary officials have attributed the cause of spread of virus to …
A study was conducted in mixed type multi-purposes cattle raising region of Ethiopia on 287 households (146 households with case of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and 141 free of TB) and 287 herds consisting of 2,033 cattle belonging to these households to evaluate transmission of TB between cattle and farmers. Interview, …
The State government has formed an eight-member expert committee which will look into the death of cattle due to the rapidly spreading viral infection of foot and mouth disease. Animal Husbandry Minister T B Jayachandra said on Monday the committee would investigate the causes for the spread of the disease, …
Ban on entry of cattle from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu With the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease getting confirmed in Kerala, entry of cattle (cows, bulls, and buffaloes) from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu into Kerala has been banned. V. Brahmanandan, Director, Animal Husbandry Department, told The Hindu that the ban will be …
The deadly foot-and-mouth disease, which claimed over 700 cattle this year in the state, is becoming a major cause of worry. The toll shot up from 456 last week to 730, more than the total number of deaths reported in the past seven years. Low subscription of the available vaccination …
China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced on Tuesday that foot-and-mouth disease infections have been confirmed in cattle in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The infections were first spotted in two head of cattle, which were raised by a local farmer, according to the MOA. The National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference …
A portion of the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP), which draws thousands of tourists everyday, will be closed following the sudden outbreak of foot and mouth (F and M) disease. So far, the disease has claimed three spotted deer and a nilgai. The F and M disease has been detrimental to …
Toll Touches 17 In City Zoo The oft-repeated claim of Lucknow zoo authorities of having in place a crisis control mechanism appears hollow. The state government's bounty of Rs 20 crore given to the zoo this year could do nothing to save the lives of blackbucks and the state zoos …
Most Of The Dead Are Sub-Adult Females Lucknow: On Thursday, another blackbuck died at Lucknow zoo taking the toll to 14. Though zoo has started putting control measures in place, the disturbing toll over the last few years has made experts feel the need for a detailed study on the …
Cites “high risk” of occurrence of avian influenza after monsoon as in the past The Centre has alerted States on post-monsoon outbreak of highly contagious avian influenza or Bird Flu, which has the potential to be transmitted from birds and poultry to human beings (zoonotic risk). In an advisory to …
A deadly pig virus, which first broke out in India earlier this year, has made a comeback in Mizoram. Almost 250 infected pigs have been culled in the past two months and more than 900 suspected samples are currently awaiting the tests, senior officials said. The virus, which causes Porcine …
Elephants are highly social animals, which are active for 18 hours a day and travel as far as 30 miles a day. They live in matriarchal herds, forage for fresh vegetation and love to bathe in rivers, take dust baths and scratching against the trees. But, around 160 elephants in …
The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has recommended ban on use of all kinds of animals in circuses. The statutory advisory body recommended the ban to the Environment Ministry at a meeting last week following an investigation authorised by it on living conditions of elephants and other animals in …
Deaths of two of the three women who were listed in critical condition at College of Medical Sciences and Teaching Hospital in Bharatpur have stoked speculations, and more than that fears, that bird flu could have killed them. The three women were admitted to the hospital after they complained of …
The Ministry of Agriculture has formed a taskforce to review compensation that the government has provided to poultry farmers for bird-flu infected chickens culled to control spread of the deadly virus. The panel formed under programme director at the Livestock Production Directorate Dr Dinesh Parajuli comprises Dr Upendra Man Singh …
JAIPUR: After the outbreak of avian influenza, H5N1 virus, reported in two states-—Bihar and Chhattisgarh--Rajasthan animal husbandry department issued letters to all officials in the state and asked them to keep a close eye on chickens' health. "We received a letter from the Centre and now we have issued letters …
Bird flu has been confirmed in two poultry farms at Kamaney in Hetauda-8, Makawanpur district. Samples sent to the Capital for tests from the Himal Poultry Farm and a farm owned by one Shantiman Rai tested positive on Thursday. Dr Chetnarayan Kharel at the District Veterinary Office said they will …
Fewer than 500 Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) remain in the wild. Due to low numbers and their solitary and reclusive nature, tiger sightings across their range in the Russian Far East and China are rare; sightings of sick tigers are rarer still. Serious neurologic disease observed in several wild …
